Privacy
12 Steps To Secure Your Facebook Account
Facebook got rid of the “trusted contacts” feature. You might’ve seen the notice in the Facebook app last year. If you had the trusted contacts feature set up now your chosen friends will no longer be able to help you get back on Facebook if you lose access to your account. Ugh. Most likely, this…
Read MoreDid Cambridge Analytica Get Your Facebook Data? You’ll Find Out Soon
Facebook released an updated estimate on April 4, 2018 stating that the information of up to *87 million* people (not the original 50 million) — mostly in the US — may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. *** UPDATE: 4.10.18 @ 9:45am PT. You can check whether your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica…
Read More5 Ways To Market Your Business On Facebook To Both Friends And Fans
I often poll my Facebook community to see what issues they’re facing regards their use of Facebook, particularly marketing on Facebook. Following are a couple of related questions along with several suggested solutions: Hilary asks, “I have a personal Facebook page and a ‘Fan’ page, which I prefer to call an author page. Not all…
Read MoreFacebook Phonebook – How Safe Is Your Cell Number?
For some time, the “Facebook Phonebook” feature has caused quite a bit of confusion (and, in some cases, panic!). A viral message has been going around alerting friends that there is a security threat, when in fact, the Facebook Phonebook is a feature that every user on Facebook gets as part of our personal profile.…
Read MoreFacebook News Feed and Wall: How To Control Privacy
A Facebook friend recently mentioned she was intentionally responding to new Facebook friend requests late at night as she didn’t want to clog up her friends’ feeds. Thing is, there’s a setting in your Facebook Privacy to control exactly what gets published on your Facebook Wall and your friends’ News Feeds. I have my settings…
Read MoreChoosing To Share My Private Journey – A Transparent Update
Privacy is a major concern for many people using social networks. Choosing how much of your personal life to spill into your work life through social networks is up to each individual. In the context of how transparent to be on Facebook and Twitter, back in February 2008, I wrote about these three areas of…
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